On March 7, 2018, on the eve of the opening of the China Consumer Electronics Show and Consumer Electronics Expo, Midea Group shared its insight into the future at the annual strategy conference: Midea believes that people and machines will be transformed into deeper and more synergic collaborative relationships, entering 'Human-machine-new generation.' The proposed strategy is not only an extension of the "double-wisdom strategy" of the United States, but also aims to give products, machines, processes and systems perception, cognition and understanding driven by big data and AI And the ability to make decisions, the United States in product and industrial layout of the unique advantages across the board get through, and the practice of manufacturing and living to a whole new level, to bring users a better life experience.
Prospect Layout Supports 'Human-Machine New Generation'
Smart Manufacturing is more than just introducing robots and building unmanned factories.Most processes in the manufacturing world such as R & D, supply chain, production, logistics, sales and after-sales, were previously separated from the consumer by smart manufacturing In essence it is to change this state, based on big data analysis and get through, so that all business interoperability.
For a technology group spanning four major segments of consumer electronics, HVAC, robotics and automation systems, and smart supply chain (logistics), Midea needs to supply more than 300 million home appliances every year to global customers. In this case , So that all the production process interoperability is an extremely difficult project.At present, after nearly 3 years of production standardization, digital transformation, the United States has now basically achieved a 'beautiful, a system, a standard' Global collaborative production platform, developed to support the entire value chain operational excellence of the software.
Based on this, Midea collaborates with the world-leading Robotics KUKA to deeply develop the R&D and innovation of big data and AI technology, and gradually forms automation and commercial solutions that can adapt to various types of complex production scenarios to further practise smart manufacturing. Machine-sharing innovations have laid a solid foundation. Wilfried Eberhardt, member of the supervisory board and marketing director of the Kuka Group, believes that: 'In the future, humans and robots will work side by side to make life easier.'
Combining software and hardware, laying out industrial Internet closed loop with 7 capabilities
The creation of the Industrial Internet has become a global consensus. According to the statistics of the consulting firm IoT Analytics, it is estimated that the scale of the industrial Internet platform market in 2021 will reach US$1.644 billion. The advantage of having full value chain practices is unmatched: to be a platform for global production. , On the basis of a standard, Midea has successfully implemented full-value-chain operations driven by software and data through digital transformation. It completely covers research and development capabilities, order response, planning capabilities, flexible manufacturing, procurement capabilities, and quality tracking. Logistics capabilities, customer service installation and other aspects of the entire value chain, to achieve end-to-end collaboration. On this digitally driven platform: C2M's flexible customization, production of the platform, modularization, digital technology and simulation, smart logistics, Digital marketing, smart customer service and other in-depth changes have become a reality.
Mei Xiao Group CIO Zhang Xiaoxuan mentioned at the conference: 'The real industrial Internet must open up the R&D end, production equipment end, supply chain end, business end, logistics end and customer end, so as to truly achieve 'zero' inventory production. 100% logistics tracking management and 'single' customized C2M customization, Midea's Industrial Internet already has such a foundation. 'At present, through the cooperation of software and hardware, Unicom's seven links, Midea's existing cloud platform solutions have been It can support the production and operation of more than 10,000 kinds of products in more than 40 bases around the world, and can provide flexible solutions for multi-layer processing and complex processing. At the same time, Midea’s digital solutions are applied not only to itself, but also to its independent company, Miyun Chi. Number has exported mature products and solutions to other industries and companies, serving Changan Automobile with the highest sales volume of Chinese domestic brands, Bao Shide, the largest power tool manufacturer in China, and Yonghui Supermarket in the retail sector.
Post-APP era, upgrading smart home experiences without carriers
Most of the smart appliances on the market today rely only on the migration of product controls to mobile phones, while the U.S. believes that there is no need for carrier communication. It is the true human-computer collaboration. 'No' interaction, it is the best interaction. ' Dr. Xu Chengmao, vice president of the Academia Sinica’s Central Research Institute, said at the strategic conference. To that end, Midea invested nearly RMB 100 million each year to establish the largest artificial intelligence team in the home appliance industry and delve deeper into how to eliminate human factors. Excess carrier between interactions. Now, some of the studies have been accomplished: The self-developed and designed super-deep learning computer platform has been able to accurately identify Chinese finished products using images. At the same time, AWE will also publish a variety of plants during AWE. Into artificial intelligence products and applications, such as intelligent rice cooking robots, smart refrigerators, smart new retail and so on.
In addition, Olaf Gehrels, general manager of the debut of the beautiful robot company, said: 'We will not stop manufacturing, the robot will be the future of logistics and transportation, medical rehabilitation, and even an important member of the smart family. 'The United States will be applied to mature robots and automation Technology is being transplanted into the home sector: Intelligent wheelchair robots sharing the same technology platform as logistics robots are about to be introduced into the home to solve the increasingly serious problem of aging. This is undoubtedly a huge market. In the United States alone, 10,000 people step in every day. In the 60-year-old stage, the stroke patients are as high as 795,000 per year. At the same time, with the help of human-computer cooperation, Midea’s smart home will be upgraded to a smart home. In the terminal's entry dispute, it is difficult for the competitors to surpass their dominant position.
During the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the company, the beautiful group that has twice been honored as one of the world's top Fortune 500 companies proposed the 'new generation of man-machines'. This is not only a proactive embrace of industry and social development trends, but also a technology-driven transition to further advancement. Once again, it is said that this company, which has moved from traditional home appliances to a global operating technology group, has focused on three major strategic axes: 'product leadership, efficiency-driven, and global operation'. This outlines a clear transition and upgrade. blueprint.
